'Mojo Friday: Will History Call It "The Trump/GOP Attempted Genocide? Edition"
'Mojo Friday - Will History Call It "The Trump/GOP Attempted Genocide? - Edition' Daily Kos, Aug. 7, 2020.
From Hunters story yesterday; COVID-19 is disproportionally killing Black children in America, and it's our fault to the numerous stories on the White House and Jared Kushners political decisions not to respond as quickly as they could for the political expediency of SARS-CoV-2 hit Blue states first and hard, its clear their intent was to let some people die. And since the frontline doctors and public health professionals were telling us it was hitting the poor, elderly and POC (whether they be Black or Hispanic) it wasnt an unknown as to who were dying in larger numbers. But as the virus spreads across the rest of the country the numbers are slowly changing. Not by much, but
One of those buts is arrogance and stupidity. Arrogance that white people (and particularly affluent white wont be affected). Stupidity in that in their arrogance, decisions are being made that will affect generations to come. I suspect that in the very near future we are going to have people on permanent disability due to SARS-CoV-2. Call it, Covid Related Disability. Whats going to define CRD? We dont know yet. And that because SARS-CoV-2 hasnt shown us what its going to do to us, long term or even short term.
Back to the question of genocide. Weve known for generations that many of our public policies were racists in nature, but many were able to look the other way because it wasnt hitting them in the face every day. Its hard to ignore whats in the news every day. SARS-CoV-2 has exposed the inequities within the system and what many knew and others were able to ignore. The intentional abuse by public officials of how SAR-CoV-2 was manifesting itself in the U.S. for political purposes begs the question on what will history have to say? Will history call it what it is, attempted genocide? Or will it just whitewash it by calling it piss poor governance? Its not the first genocide that has been used in America.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/7/1967355/-Mojo-Friday-Will-History-Call-It-The-Trump-GOP-Attempted-Genocide-Edition
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)being affected at considerably higher rates than Whites. The sense of urgency dropped way back.
It's also going to be Black and Latinx children who will be most at risk with the insistence on school openings.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)yet better learn fast. School openings despite enormous dangers, 40 mill at risk of eviction with no Relief Bill = millions w/o an address to register to vote. All the 'pieces falling right into place' ....but, we're not done yet.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)This needs to be called out - it can't be just us seeing how all the pieces fit together and pointing it out to each other.
(Sorry, I had a bad, sleepless night last night, and I'm pretty much at my limit of coherent thought...)
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)of power and have for some time...'Winter is coming' as another poster wrote earlier today.